ARTICLES ABOUT DRINKING WATER BY DATE - PAGE 4

For a city built on a swamp, dealing with rainstorms has always been a problem. More than a century ago, Chicago infamously engineered its namesake river to flow backward, away from Lake Michigan. The dredging of canals and construction of locks and sluice gates separated the waste of a growing metropolis from its source of drinking water. But if it rained enough, officials were forced to open the locks and gates and allow fetid, debris-strewn water to flush out into Lake Michigan.

Mary Nisi, of Chicago, exercises regularly, between yoga, Pilates and tennis, but she worries about not drinking enough water. "I can get behind it if it's Evian and it's always with me," said the owner of a wedding DJ business. "But I'd really rather have herbal tea. " Nisi is not alone, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Forty-three percent of adults drink less than four cups of water a day. That includes 36 percent who drink one to three cups, and 7 percent who drink none.

May 22 (Reuters) - Montreal, Canada's second-largest city, has asked 1.3 million people to boil their drinking water after a problem at one of the city's water treatment facilities. The advisory, posted on the city's website on Wednesday, covers much of the south and east of the city of 1.65 million. The order followed reports of brown-tinged water in parts of the city, and Montreal Fire Department division chief Gordon Routley told CTV News that the advisory was likely to be in effect for at least 24 hours.

The DuPage County Health Department provides the following disinfection guidelines for well water: 1. Check the well cap and upper well casing to be certain of tight construction. Replace any damaged parts. Remove the well cap. 2. Mix a gallon of bleach with five gallons of water. Water drawn from the contaminated well is satisfactory. Pour the solution directly into the well. Run a garden hose into the well and recirculate the water until bleach can be smelled in the water coming out of the hose.

Your editorial, " Put Illinois to work ," (April 22) urges Speaker Michael Madigan to release the hydraulic fracturing bill from committee, put it on the floor for vote and get it passed as soon as possible. We understand. The benefits from increased oil production include added income for businesses, workers and local governments and may be some help for the state budget; but, considering what has happened in other states, risks to...

A federal jury didn't hear from prosecutors about toxic chemicals in the drinking water of south suburban Crestwood. Or about higher-than-normal cancer rates in the working-class village. But on Monday, the jury ensured that the only public official to stand trial in the tainted water scandal will be held accountable for a more than 20-year scheme to conceal the secret use of a Crestwood well - crimes uncovered by a 2009 Tribune investigation . After a weeklong trial and less than seven hours of deliberation, the jury convicted Theresa Neubauer, the village's former water department supervisor, on one criminal count related to her involvement in the plot and 10 other counts for making false statements in official documents.

A federal jury didn't hear from prosecutors about toxic chemicals in the drinking water of south suburban Crestwood. Or about higher-than-normal cancer rates in the working-class village. But on Monday, the jury ensured that the only public official to stand trial in the tainted water scandal will be held accountable for a more than 20-year scheme to conceal the secret use of a Crestwood well - crimes uncovered by a 2009 Tribune investigation . After a weeklong trial and less than seven hours of deliberation, the jury convicted Theresa Neubauer, the village's former water department supervisor, on one criminal count related to her involvement in the plot and 10 other counts for making false statements in official documents.

A federal jury will return to deliberations Monday in the case of a former Crestwood Water Department supervisor accused of repeatedly lying about the secret use of a community well contaminated with toxic chemicals. Theresa Neubauer, 55, on paid leave as Crestwood's police chief, faces 11 counts related to false statements in public documents intended to keep track of the village's water use and assure residents that their drinking water was safe. The jury deliberated through the afternoon Friday after Neubauer chose not to testify and her attorney, Thomas Breen, opted not to call any witnesses.